Shehu Abubakar
15 July 2011
Six Nigerians including a research engineer have been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in connection with unlawful exportation of 7.51 kilograms of narcotics.
The drugs comprise 6.35 kilograms of cocaine and 1.16 kilograms of heroin with an estimated street value of N75 million.
One of the drug suspects who claimed to be a researcher was nabbed with one kilogram of cocaine concealed in his luggage on his way to Leeds through Amsterdam. Two other traders were to export 1.5 kilograms of cocaine to London and 1.16 kilograms of heroin to Florida, United States.
Confirming the arrest to Daily Trust, the NDLEA Commander at the Abuja airport, Alhaji Hamisu Lawan, said the researcher, Enamachi Sunday, 37, was caught alongside two traders Owolabi Ganiyu Atunda, 52, and Enyinwa Aka Ukeje, 38.
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Researcher, Five Others Arrested Over Trafficking of N75 Million Drugs